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‘Keep the homosexual lobby at bay’: Homosexuality, the UK armed forces and the end to the ‘gay ban’, 1991 - 2000 (2025)
Journal Article
Lomas, D. (in press). ‘Keep the homosexual lobby at bay’: Homosexuality, the UK armed forces and the end to the ‘gay ban’, 1991 - 2000. Contemporary British History, 36

In January 2000, the UK government finally ended the ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) military personnel serving in the armed forces. The end of the so-called ‘gay ban’ was the result of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rig... Read More about ‘Keep the homosexual lobby at bay’: Homosexuality, the UK armed forces and the end to the ‘gay ban’, 1991 - 2000.

Ecological Personhood: A Bridging Approach (2025)
Journal Article
FLEMING, S., & BRITO VIEIRA, M. (2025). Ecological Personhood: A Bridging Approach. American Political Science Review, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055425100762

Aotearoa New Zealand’s recognition of the Whanganui River as a legal person in 2017 has generated a lively debate. While advocates argue that ascribing personhood to natural entities is a powerful tool for redressing historical injustices against Ind... Read More about Ecological Personhood: A Bridging Approach.

Climate Change Governance by Central Banks in an Era of Interlocking Crises. (2025)
Journal Article
BEST, J., PATERSON, M., ALAMI, I., BAILEY, D., BRACKING, S., GREEN, J., HELLEINER, E., JACKSON, J., LANGLEY, P., MAECHLER, S., MORRIS, J., QUORNING, S., ROBERTS, A., VAN T'KLOOSTER, J., WATT, R., & WILSHERE, S. (2025). Climate Change Governance by Central Banks in an Era of Interlocking Crises. Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2481713

In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, with a particular focus on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. We argue that we need to see the current situation a... Read More about Climate Change Governance by Central Banks in an Era of Interlocking Crises..

External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America (2025)
Journal Article
Petri, D. P., & Klocek, J. (2025). External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. Religions, 16(2), Article 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020209

Indigenous Peoples in Latin America face a dual challenge of social vulnerability and violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Representing 8% of the region’s population yet disproportionately affected by poverty, displacement, and health... Read More about External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.

Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly? (2024)
Report
Ochang, P., Eke, D., Stahl, B., Buckley, . M., Poder, I., & Hughes, J. (2024). Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly?. ESPRC and RAI UK

Generative AI is changing the way our economies and businesses operate, and SMEs could be receiving more benefits from this transition. Over the past 12 months in the Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa (RAISE) project we have been wo... Read More about Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly?.

The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime (2024)
Journal Article
Common, R. (in press). The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime. Teaching Public Administration,

According to the Money Charity, the average household debt, including mortgages, stood at just over £64,000 at the end of March 2024. The combination of inflationary pressures, fiscal shock brought about by the short-lived Truss government and persis... Read More about The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime.

Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber (2024)
Journal Article
Fleming, S. (2024). Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber. American Political Science Review, 204, Article 109926. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542300148X

A key finding of recent scholarship on political violence is that environmentalists rarely, if ever, use lethal violence. Many scholars have argued that "ecoterrorism"is a misnomer for what is more accurately termed "ecotage."Large-n studies of envir... Read More about Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber.

De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms (2024)
Book Chapter
Holland, B. (2024). De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms. In P. Schröder (Ed.), Concepts and Contexts of Pufendorf's International Legal and Political Thought (41-58). Oxford University Press (OUP)

This chapter investigates Pufendorf’s concept of systema civitatum or ‘system of states’. The chapter illuminates the concept by excavating it in several contexts. First, it examines the evolution of the term in Pufendorf’s own writings, from his ear... Read More about De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms.

Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Gustafson, K., Lomas, D., & Wagner, S. (2024). Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022. Intelligence and National Security, 39(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2024.2322214

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is a unique case study of the use of warning intelligence. The article shows that whilst Russia’s invasion has sparked a wave of interest on aspects of intelligence, including the use of open source and ‘... Read More about Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022.

Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? (2023)
Journal Article
Dardanelli, P., Kincaid, J., Adeney, K., Moscovich, L., Olmeda, J. C., Schlegel, R., uberu, R., Boni, F., & Lacroix Eussler, S. (2023). Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?. Regional and Federal Studies, 33(5), 577-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2023.2274861

What is the impact of democracy/authoritarianism regime change on de/centralization in federations? Based on the annual coding of three politico-institutional aspects, 22 policy fields, and five fiscal categories, this article maps de/centralization... Read More about Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?.

The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952 (2023)
Journal Article
Lomas, D., & Murphy, C. J. (2023). The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 34(3), 433-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2023.2239638

The protection of diplomats, embassies and sensitive information has always been an important aspect of diplomacy. Today, security is an accepted norm of day-to-day diplomatic work, yet the importance of security in the UK Foreign Office was not alwa... Read More about The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952.

(Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations: How Central Banks Govern Financial and Climate Tail Risks (2023)
Book
Morris, J. H., & Collins, H. (2023). (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations: How Central Banks Govern Financial and Climate Tail Risks. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887596

Using a range of calculative devices, (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations explores the methods used by central banks to predict and govern the tail risks that could impact financial stability. Through an in-depth case study, the book utilises... Read More about (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations: How Central Banks Govern Financial and Climate Tail Risks.

Federalism and regime change: De/centralization in Pakistan – 1956–2020 (2022)
Journal Article
Adeney, K., & Boni, F. (2023). Federalism and regime change: De/centralization in Pakistan – 1956–2020. Regional and Federal Studies, 33(5), 725-753. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2022.2126456

The extent to which de/centralization is shaped by regime change in federations that have experienced periods of autocratic rule is yet to be fully explored. To this end, this article measures static and dynamic de/centralization in Pakistan–a federa... Read More about Federalism and regime change: De/centralization in Pakistan – 1956–2020.

Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement (2022)
Book
Nicholson, A. (2022). Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039741

Since the 1990s, modern slavery has been recognized as a global problem, with campaigners around the world providing assessments of its nature and extent, its drivers, and possible solutions for ending it. However, largely absent from the global anti... Read More about Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement.

Nuclear war as a predictable surprise (2022)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2022). Nuclear war as a predictable surprise. Global Policy, 13(5), 782-791. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13142

Like asteroids, hundred-year floods and pandemic disease, thermonuclear war is a low-frequency, high-impact threat. In the long run, catastrophe is inevitable if nothing is done − yet each successive government and generation may fail to address it.... Read More about Nuclear war as a predictable surprise.

Participatory Photography, Ethical Storytelling, and Modern Slavery Survivor Voices: Adapting to COVID-19 (2022)
Book Chapter
Haji, A. A., Baya, R., Brady, E., McCabe, H., Manji, Y., & Otiende, S. (2022). Participatory Photography, Ethical Storytelling, and Modern Slavery Survivor Voices: Adapting to COVID-19. In M. do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, R. Gutwald, T. Kleibl, R. Lutz, N. Noyoo, & J. Twikirize (Eds.), The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development: Global Perspectives (371-380). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_31

Conducting a truly participatory research project between partners in the Global North and Global South brings challenges in normal circumstances, yet when the COVID-19 pandemic forced our project to pause, we overcame multiple additional challenges... Read More about Participatory Photography, Ethical Storytelling, and Modern Slavery Survivor Voices: Adapting to COVID-19.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Brady, E., McCabe, H., Otiende, S., Baya, R., Manji, Y., Sorby, R., Ali Haji, A., & Muhunyo, M. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach. Journal of Modern Slavery, 6(2), 247-266

Researchers and practitioners are increasingly calling for the involvement of survivors of human trafficking at all levels of, and in all areas of, anti-trafficking research, policy, work and legislation. Although it is now quite common for survivors... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach.